Good points. I can see someone making the mistake of creating the first assumption you mentioned, but if they did it would be a logical fallacy and not what I meant to imply. I agree with you that there is more to it than that and if the migrant workers were to disappear the problem wouldn't be solved. Companies will always look at how they can pay their employees the least amount of money. This situation just provides an easy route for them to do so. That being said I would like to note that the majority of the job solicitations I get from recruiters (I'm in software) make a point (even in the title of the position) to highlight "visa sponsorship". Regarding the last assumption I can see that as well, but certainly not what I implied. I definitely don't believe that and there are certainly very talented migrant workers that have every right to work along side the natural born.
I once knew a senior tech lead at an American HQ of an Indian telecom firm. I guess Indians and Pakistanis have wars like we have soap operas, but business back then was brisk and things hadn't gotten tense yet, so there were still Pakistani employees working there. My friend was asked by one of them, in passing, how much those New Balances had cost, and made the mistake of saying. One of the things that got the tension building? Apparently, compared to what that Pakistani employee made in a month, the shoes were an extravagant luxury item. So it burns every which way.
Good points. I can see someone making the mistake of creating the first assumption you mentioned, but if they did it would be a logical fallacy and not what I meant to imply. I agree with you that there is more to it than that and if the migrant workers were to disappear the problem wouldn't be solved. Companies will always look at how they can pay their employees the least amount of money. This situation just provides an easy route for them to do so. That being said I would like to note that the majority of the job solicitations I get from recruiters (I'm in software) make a point (even in the title of the position) to highlight "visa sponsorship". Regarding the last assumption I can see that as well, but certainly not what I implied. I definitely don't believe that and there are certainly very talented migrant workers that have every right to work along side the natural born.
I once knew a senior tech lead at an American HQ of an Indian telecom firm. I guess Indians and Pakistanis have wars like we have soap operas, but business back then was brisk and things hadn't gotten tense yet, so there were still Pakistani employees working there. My friend was asked by one of them, in passing, how much those New Balances had cost, and made the mistake of saying. One of the things that got the tension building? Apparently, compared to what that Pakistani employee made in a month, the shoes were an extravagant luxury item. So it burns every which way.
When you said "American HQ of an Indian telecom firm" does that mean the office is in the US or India?
U.S.
And is your friend Indian?
U.S.-ian.
I mean their heritage; not nationality.
Yes.
Uh? So heritage isn't the word I meant. Ancestry was the word I was looking for. But either way American is not an ancestry.
Oh, I don't know about all that, but bless your heart...
I have no idea why you're avoiding the question. Not sure where you think I was going with it, but oh well.